Penalty drama in Madrid as Real find a way yet again – Football Weekly Extra | Champions League

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; even for Real Madrid this felt like a particularly novel way to progress in the Champions League, with Atlético’s Julián Alvarez adjudged to have double-kicked his penalty in the shootout. … Read more

Atlético controversy shows VAR creates far more angst than it resolves | Video assistant referees (VARs)

The number on the sign displayed prominently by the entrance of the football universe had been wiped away. IT HAS NOW BEEN … 0… DAYS SINCE THE LAST VAR CONTROVERSY. The second leg of a scintillating Madrid derby in the Champions League round of 16 went to penalties on Wednesday, sending Real through over Atlético. … Read more

Warner joins London Spirit in men’s Hundred but Anderson unsold in draft | The Hundred

David Warner will call Lord’s home this summer. The former Australia batter is in line to make his Hundred debut after he was recruited by London Spirit in the competition’s latest draft, with Jimmy Anderson – another recent retiree from the international game – left unsold. Warner will be reunited with his former Australia head … Read more